Come along to this years annual General Meeting of the BADFA South West Yorkshire Group at the Smithy Moor Community Centre in Stocksbridge. Where you are invited to renew your membership for next year. The opportunity to do so will be given to you at 9:30 A.M. on the day, at a cost of £8.00.

The group will commence painting at 10:00 am. The project for the day will be as below and will incur a cost of £8.

Elizabeth Bramall along with Debbie Walkington will be your tutors for this Christmas Gift Bag project. It will be a gingerbread person on a bag. We will break for Lunch at noon. Please bring a plate of food to be shared by all. The AGM will commence after lunch.

We request for any members who have any questions, or input to go into “Any Other Business” for the meeting, please send them in advance to our secretary, Hazel Warrington for inclusion in the agenda.

The Monday Christmas Party will take place on December 8th at the Smithy Moor Community Centre, Stocksbridge. Bring a plate for everyone to share, also a present to the value of £5.00 to go intoSanta’s lucky dip bag.

Friday, 17 October 2008

We will be painting a penguin design, Flakes and Flurry by Neadeen Masters.

Traditions artist, Kim Bennett will be teaching this lesson. Tuition is £15 and bring your own surface. The size of the pattern is 8 X10 inches.

There will be much involved with this lesson. Kim has offered to will be available at the club the following Monday for those who would like help finishing up. The painting will be done in both in JansenArt Traditions acrylics and global application.

There is a £4.00 non-refundable deposit for the class. Last day of the deposit is Nov. 7th.Please get in touch with me earlier if you would like a copy of the drawing so it can be resized to fit your piece. As this is part of your instructional pattern a deposit will be required.

For prep instructions and any questions please contactkim@decoraitiveartsuk.com

During Monday Group, starting from October 20thWe will be designing and painting the Royal British Legion full size Santa sleigh for the distribution of children's toys - you know what they say many hands make light work, so if you can come along and help that would be great!

The design needs to be simple but with some impact, we don't want to make it too busy a design. If you get a flash of inspiration can you let Meg or Liz know your ideas. Meg has all the pieces at home so she could tell you the exact size if you feel that you could draw something for us, although if you just give us some ideas, Liz could probably draw them up.

We will be working on the slegih every Monday until completion and will also post photos when it is finished.